When I started work at Simon & Schuster in 1958, each of us got a bronze paperweight on which was written, in… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
The normal reaction of a publisher when faced with an author with a bee in his bonnet is to grab the check… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
It strikes me that people want to be engaged, and that those who go into a bookstore in a time of crisis… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
We sell books, other people sell shoes. What's the difference? Publishing isn't the highest art. — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
I'm always astonished when I go into Barnes & Noble at the number of people buying books, of course, but also at… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
“Almost the first thing I learned about being an editor was that it was hard work. To be sure, ditchdiggers and miners… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
“And like all the better professions, editing is something of an art, too, if it’s done well, and something of a mystery… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
“Ask a book publisher how many copies a book has sold, and he or she, presuming you’re not the author, will probably… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
The advice I would offer to any writer is that even when you think you have revised your book to the point… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
For a book publisher, there is hardly a more dangerous category than that of celebrity autobiography. Forget who it's by, most books… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
In my experience, with very few exceptions - I am, as it happens, one of the exceptions - the one thing that… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
“Writers are always outsiders and probably ought to be, since only outsiders see things clearly: the people who publish them, or make… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
Hebron is a bone of contention between Israeli settlers and the Palestinians in part because Abraham is buried there, in the Tomb of the… — Michael Korda Copy Share
In 'Gran Torino,' Eastwood moves towards the climax of the movie not by staging a shoot-out, but by putting his weapons to one side… — Michael Korda Copy Share
Some people are so famous that the legends about them and the cultural aftermath of their life altogether obscure the real human being. — Michael Korda Copy Share
The advice I would offer to any writer is that even when you think you have revised your book to the point where you… — Michael Korda Copy Share
Citizens of Rome might boast that the claim of 'Civus romanus sum' set them apart from barbarians and slaves, and it was true up… — Michael Korda Copy Share
Luck can often mean simply taking advantage of a situation at the right moment. It is possible to make your luck by being always… — Michael Korda Copy Share
Nothing is more difficult than to recreate in all its complexity than a distant age, and not only to get it right but make… — Michael Korda Copy Share
The American system demands success, and in order to succeed we must first believe that we can. Yet our society, with its intolerance of… — Michael Korda Copy Share
In my experience, with very few exceptions - I am, as it happens, one of the exceptions - the one thing that most editors… — Michael Korda Copy Share
We British and Americans have never been conquered and occupied by the Germans, or forced to make the choice between defiance and collaboration, or… — Michael Korda Copy Share
Ronald Reagan had a kind of shallow movie-star charisma - a combination of makeup and the skill of a good actor - but it… — Michael Korda Copy Share
The men who died at D-Day did not die shoulder-to-shoulder with their French comrades. They died to liberate the French from a sinister and… — Michael Korda Copy Share
